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Our Best Easter Recipes (Ham, Sides & Desserts!)
Easter recipes for ham, sides, and desserts. Find the perfect menu for your Easter celebration with our tested and perfected recipes.
Our Favorite Labor Day Recipes
Summer may be winding down, but there is still time to go outside and grill some amazing dishes! We have compiled a list of our favorite Labor Day Recipes. A list of easy and delicious dishes that are guaranteed to make your BBQ a success! Check out our favorite recipes below…
Best Christmas Cookies 2016
We are only a few days away from Christmas and that can only mean one thing. Christmas Cookies!!! I love all types of cookies but for some reason, all cookies taste better at Christmas! This list includes everything from Cut out cookies to fudge crinkles. Lots of sugar, lots of chocolate and a ton of…
Apple Cider Mimosa – Thanksgiving Cocktail
The Apple Cider Mimosa is our new Thanksgiving cocktail! This year’s cocktail will satisfy most of your guests and allow you to get through this stressful time. The Apple Cider mimosa is not only delicious, it also uses fresh apple cider. I love a good seasonal cocktail. I hope you do too!
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
The past week the weather has been a little cold. My son told me that he really wanted some hot chocolate to heat him up. I was too happy to oblige, as I love hot chocolate. I went to all of the stores around me and every single hot chocolate mix that I found, contained…
Texas Brisket Wrapped in Butcher Paper
I have been cooking a lot of brisket lately. It is my favorite bbq meat. I guess I am a Texan at heart. However, I have been cooking a standard competition style brisket in order to perfect my craft. But sometimes you just want to cook something different. So I decided I should try a…
National Hot Dog Day!
Today is National Hot Dog Day! Who knew that July 23rd, 2014 was National Hot Dog Day? Well now that you know, you should go out and cook a hot dog. Here are my best hot dog recipes. There is no better day to try out one of these recipes. I recommend the bacon wrapped…
Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day to all of the Fathers out there. Especially my Father Don and my Father-in-Law Bill. You guys are the best! Thanks for everything, especially helping out with Rex Barbecue. I thought the best post for today would be my favorite grilling recipes. Nothing says Father’s Day like grilling with a beer in…
Father’s Day Gift Guide
I get a lot of questions regarding the best grilling tools and gift suggestions. Â Coming up this weekend is Father’s Day! Â Nothing says Dad like the grill. Â So I have compiled a list of my favorite bbq tools and accessories. Father’s Day Gift Guide 2014 Edition 10. Oxo Good Grips 16-Inch Locking Tongs – $12.95…
Coal Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Coal roasted sweet potatoes cooked directly on charcoal. Charred exterior seals in sweetness. Ready in 45 minutes without heating your house. Perfectly tender with crispy charred skin.
Memorial Day Onion Slice Burgers
Happy Memorial Day! Â A special thanks to all of the Veterans and current service members out there. Â Thanks for your service to this country. Â In honor of Memorial Day I wanted to create a simple and delicious burger. Â Something that anyone can make. Â To do this I created a burger with a slice of onion…
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Honey Chipotle Chicken
I have been trying to come up with a new competition rib glaze that will add a nice sheen and flavor to my ribs. I tried this recipe out but it was not a right fit for my rib flavor profile. However, it was amazing and worked great as a glaze for chicken. I grilled…
Thanksgiving Leftovers
I love thanksgiving so much that I often cook way more than I could ever eat. So I usually end up make a variety of leftovers that utilize the ingredients. Here are my favorite ideas. Thanksgiving Potato Skins I love potatoes and I believe that they are the perfect vessel to deliver any food. Thanksgiving…
Base BBQ Sauce
This is my go to bbq sauce base. It is perfectly balanced and is the base sauce for all of my sauces. Like a sweet and tangy sauce, add honey and a pinch of cayenne pepper to the sauce. Like it vinegary then add 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar. Like it spicy add a…
Soft Sugar Cookies With Light and Fluffy Frosting
I was trolling around the internet looking for some inspiration and discovered these tasty cookies over at SavorySights.com. They were posted by Fake Ginger and they reminded me of the super soft and delicious sugar cookies that the local Ukrop’s Bakery inside of Martin’s makes. They were perfect. Light and fluffy and exactly what I…
Cheesy Meatloaf
Dana and I love meatloaf. We have it at least once a month. However, having a food blog makes it hard to repeat recipes. So we don’t have it as much as we would like. So I started to think about ways I could change the recipe to make it new and blog-able. So I…
Pumpkin Pie
Dana has been craving pumpkin pie for a couple weeks now. I decided that I should break down and make her one. I wanted to try something different so I found a recipe from Paula Deen that uses cream cheese instead of evaporated milk. I made it and wow! It was awesome. Paula knows what…
Grilled Meatballs
I know it is hard to believe but sometimes I get cook’s block. It is like writer’s block except I can not think of a single thing to make for dinner. So earlier this week Dana requested something from chicken and something from ground beef. I went to the store and picked up the basic…
Summertime Picnic Brownies
I have a vast collection of cookbooks. Some are new and some I have collected from yard sales and random book sales. I was looking through one random book on baking when a cutout of random paper fell into my lap. That cutout was from a July issue of Coastal Living, and described this brownie…
